To silently uninstall DB2® database
products, features, or languages in a DB2 copy,
use the db2_deinstall command with the -r option.
About this task
You
can also use a response file to uninstall the DB2 Information Center.If you
have DB2 database products installed
in various installation paths, you must run this command separately
from each installation path. Sample response file, db2un.rsp,
is in DB2DIR/install, where DB2DIR specifies
the path where the DB2 database
product was installed.
Procedure
To perform an uninstallation:
- Customize the db2un.rsp response file.
To activate an item in the response file, remove the asterisk (*)
to the left of the keyword. Then, replace the current setting to the
right of the value with the new setting. The possible settings are
listed to the right of the equal sign.
- Run the db2_deinstall command. For
example, db2_deinstall -r db2un.rsp.
- Check the messages in the log file when the uninstallation
finishes. The log file is located in:
- For root installations: /tmp/db2_deinstall.log.process-id
- For non-root installations: /tmp/db2_deinstall_user-id.log
DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows